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Pitching Hackathon Ideas: Oxymoron
The economic rationale for hackathons is that they create value by injecting uncertainty into development.
Oct 31
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Kent Beck
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Getting Ready to Launch
Special practices for special times
Oct 29
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Kent Beck
36
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First Principles First
When analyzing metrics, apply the simple filters first
Oct 21
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Kent Beck
56
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Separate Failed Assertions from Unexpected Exceptions?
A seemingly-minor detail of test framework design turns out to depend on context
Oct 16
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Kent Beck
12
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Teaching Augmented Coding
First Impressions
Oct 8
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Kent Beck
11
2
September 2025
Programming Deflation
When Code Gets Cheaper Every Day
Sep 15
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Kent Beck
182
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Genie Fight
When genies collide...
Sep 11
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Kent Beck
40
3
Switching Scale
A genie-commanding superpower
Sep 5
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Kent Beck
14
2
Beyond the IDE
Patch Boards to IDEs
Sep 4
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Kent Beck
73
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August 2025
Genies Getting Stuck
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
Aug 27
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Kent Beck
10
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Leaving the Nest
A newsletter business update
Aug 22
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Kent Beck
15
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Genie Fight
Pitting genies against each other can result in better outcomes
Aug 18
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Kent Beck
16
4
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